Tag: GPS
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ULA Atlas V successfully launches GPS IIF-7 satellite
The third GPS launch of 2014 took place on Friday evening, with the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V lofting the GPS IIF-7 satellite into space. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) was on schedule at 23:23 local time (03:23 UTC Saturday), following a smooth countdown. Atlas V Mission:…
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ULA Delta IV successfully lofts sixth Block IIF GPS satellite
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the US Air Force’s sixth Block IIF GPS satellite atop a Delta IV rocket on Friday. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was on at 8:03pm local time, following a 24 hour scrub turnaround due to very poor weather on the…
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ULA Delta IV successfully launches with GPS IIF-5
The US Air Force’s fifth GPS Block IIF navigation satellite was launched on Thursday night. Liftoff, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, via the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket, came at the end of a nineteen-minute window, resulting in a T-0 of 8:59 pm Eastern (01:59 UTC on Friday). The delay…
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ULA Atlas V succesfully deploys new GPS satellite
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched an Atlas V Wednesday evening, successfully delivering the fourth satellite in the US Air Force’s new series of Global Positioning System satellites. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station occurred at 21:38 UTC (17:38 local time). Atlas V Launch: The fourth Block IIF GPS…
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ULA Delta IV launches GPSIIF-3 from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket launched from Cape Canaveral early on Thursday, carrying a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Air Force. The launch was on schedule at the start of a 19-minute window that opened at 12:10 UTC (08:10 local time). The spacecraft was deployed after a multi-hour trip into space. Delta…
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Delta II launches penultimate GPS-IIR satellite
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket has launched this morning, carrying GPS-IIR-20, the penultimate spacecraft of the current block of GPS satellites. Lift-off from Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral was on time, at the start of a window running from 08:34 to 08:49 GMT (04:34-04:49 EDT). Preview: GPS-IIR-20, which is also designated GPS-IIRM-7,…